Spinning-wheel



(No Model.)

I. VOBGTLI.

SPINNING WHEEL.

No. 246,251. Patented Aug. 23,1881.

Nrrnn STATES FRANZ VOEGTLI, OF

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPINNING-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,251, dated August23, 1881. Application filed March 29, 1881. (N0 model.)

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ VOEGTLI, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inSpinning-WVheels, of which the following is a full, clear,and exactdescription, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, formingpart ofthis specification.

This is an improvement on Letters Patent of the United States, No.147,200, granted to me February 3, 1874.

My present invention applies, first, to a new construction of flier;secondly, to a new friction device or brake to check the rotation of theflier; and, thirdly, to a novel mechanism for imparting thereciprocating movement to the flier.

Figure l is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a detail view,showing the flier-brake. Fig.3 is a perspective view ofthe spool. Fig.4is an elevation of the upper end of the reciprocating lever of theflier. Fig. 5 is a top view of same, showing its connection with theflier-hub. Fig.6 is a side viewof the camwheel with worm-gear. Fig.7 isa detail axial section of the end s indle-bearing.

A are the legs of the machine. Upon two of the legs are eye-lugs a, towhich are connected the ends of the bail B,upon which the trcadle O ishinged. The hinge-blockD of the treadle stands upon the floor and isheld in place by the bail B. The arrangement is such that the positionof thetreadle can be changed relatively to the machine by slipping italong the bail. The manner of connecting the bail to the lugs to admitsthe folding of the treadle up against the side of the machine when it isstood away or moved from place to place. The standard E extends up fromthe center of the leg-stand.

Fis the crank-shaft, having bearing directly upon the standard at e andupon a bracket, G, at 9. Upon one end of the shaft is acrank, f,connected by a pitman, H, to the treadle O by a hinge-joint, 0.

I is aband-wheel on the shaft F, carrying a band or belt, J, passingover a pulley, K, upon the spindle L. The spindle has bearing m (nearthe pulley)in the upper end of the standard.

M is a bracket attached to the standard, and

I giving hearing at the outer end to thejournal n of the. sleeve N,whose bent arm it extends through eyes 0 in the flier O. The sleeve hasan axial bore, a, from end to end, and a side orifice or orifices, nthrough which the thread P passes from the flier-hook oand out throughthe axial bore a. The end of thespindle L has bearing in the sleeve N.(See Fig 7, and dotted lines in Fig. 1.)

Q is the friction-brake of the flier. This is applied to the sleeve N bymeans of a cord or chain, R, to which it is attached. One end of thecord It is fast to the bracket M, and the otherend coils on an adjustingthumb-pin which is turnable in the bracket, so as to regulatethepressure of the brake.

S is a spring inserted in the cord R to give proper elasticity to thedevice.

T is the spool upon which the thread is wound asitis spun. Thespindlepasses axiallythrough the spool, and the spool is made to turn with thespindle by any suitable means of engagement. I show a hook, I, which isfast to the spindle, and engages in a hole, t, of the spool. (See Fig.3.)

f is a gear-worm upon the crank-shaft F. This worm engages with the cogsof a camwheel, U, having bearing on a bracket, V. In the side of thecam-wheel is a cam-groove, u, receiving a stud, 20, upon the lower endof the lever WV. The lever receives a regular oscillatory movement bymeans of the cam-groove, and gives the flierendwise motion on thespindle tocause the proper distribution of the thread as it is woundupon the spool. The lever is fulcrumed upon an arm, W.

The means of communicating motion from the lever to the flier is asfollows: Upon the upper arm of the lever are two eye-lugs,w,in which arod, X, has hearing. The rod X is forked at the upper end, and to eachtine of the fork is pivoted a shoe, y, which shoes enter acircumferential groove in the hub of the flier 0. Thus the endwisemotion will be given to the flier upon the spindle, the rod X having thenecessary capacity for endwise movement in the lugs 20.

The operation is as follows: The thread from the reel extends over thebook 0 and through the passage 12% in the sleeve N. Rotarymotion isgiven to the crank-shaft by the treadle 0, which causes the rapidrotation of the spindle, reel, and flier,and the slowendwisereciprocation of the flier. The brake Q, checks the rotary movement ofthe flier whenever the hold of the hand upon the thread is loosened, andby that means the thread is wound upon the spool, for it will beunderstood that when the thread is stretched it carries around the flierwith the bobbin, whereas when the thread is loosened the friction of thebrake upon the hub of the flier checks the motion of the flier. When thespool has a load of thread the machine is stopped and the brake islifted from the sleeve N and the sleeve lifted from its hearing anddrawn from the spindle. Then the spool can he slipped off the end of thespindle and an empty spool be put in its place.

It will be observed that the construction of the friction-brake is suchthat the pressure of the brake can be readily adjusted while the machineis in motion.

1 claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the removable sleeve N,constructed with arms 12 n, axial spindlebore a, thread-orifice a andjournal n flier 0, having eyes 0 and hook 0, the spindle L, athread-spool,T, and bracket M, having journal-bearing m, as set forth.

2. The combination of the spindle L,flier O, and sleeve N with axialsocket, giving bearing to the end of the spindle, and arm in engagingthe flier to regulate its rotary movement, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the sleeve N, having journal a and bracket M,having bearing on, of the friction-brake Q, cord or chain R, spring S,and thumb-pin, as set forth.

4. The combination of crank-shaftF f, having worm f, cog-wheel U, havingcamgroove a, lever \V, having stud w, flier O, sleeve N, having arms an, and spindle L, as set forth.

FRANZ VOEGTLI.

W'itnesses SAML. KNIGHT, G120. H. KNIGHT.

